Wrestlers you feel bad for NCAA 2019
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While I respect MyMar, I do not feel bad for him.
Nick Lee either. He will move on and upward next year.
As for "parris au printemps".... meh.
I'll take Pa. in any season
Piss off. Dont come over here and start your bawl sucking like you are over on your board.
Wow someone’s a little touchy. I didn’t say anything about Nolf not deserving the win just that I felt bad for Hidlay.
I feel bad for Marinelli. All the Hawkeye faithful had him believing he was a Hodge candidate just for winning the B10, then he laid ANOTHER egg at Nationals.
Three of four Finesilvers?
Definitely feel for MyMar. He seems like a really good guy, other than that scarlet and gray he always wears around.
Micic is another, although he wrestled well, I think it's safe to say he wasn't quite right.
Any senior who lost in the blood round.
Micic is another, although he wrestled well, I think it's safe to say he wasn't quite right.
Any senior who lost in the blood round.
I definitely feel bad for Myles. That said......watching Gabe Dean celebrate his brother's victory was special. Genuine emotion. My favorite off the mat moment so far.
Whoa now. I was thrilled that Jason won....But I did feel bad for Hidlay. He laid it out there. People can feel empathy for someone even though you are glad they didn't win the match. Geez
Hidlay was the only wrestler since Imar, where I thought Nolf could have lost.
I feel bad for Amine. My God, he has been soooooo close over soooooo many matches. He must have nightmares about his matches with Hall. Classy kid from a good wrestling family.
He lost by a late TD to a Jr. World Champ who seems to be wrestling well and has me a little concerned as Cenzo goes for #3. I wouldn't call that laying an egg despite the seeds as long as Marinelli comes back for 3rd.
He was going to be a pretty good story if he made the finals given what happened in the off-season. I hope that Cenzo is going for #4 next year and can beat Marinelli on the way, but I have a lot of respect for him.
Hidlay will probably win it next year. But think Nolf was wrestling himself and history as much as his opponent.
Heh, I hadn't looked at anything other than the last few semi matches since this afternoon and expected him to wrestle back well.
I guess he did lay an egg. Doesn't seem to bounce back from losses well. Marsteller is tough and used to wrestling back.
Damn dude, you're sensitive. Someone gave an answer to the OP question and you respond by putting a college kid down because you don't like the fanbase? Classy.
But yes, you're right, Marinelli dropped the ball. Also, Nolf doesn't need you to defend him.
Factoids from USA wrestling:
Six undefeated wrestlers remain in the tournament
There were 12 undefeated wrestlers when the NCAA Championships began on Thursday morning. There were 10 left after the quarterfinals. With the conclusion of the semifinals, there are only six left. They are:
125 - Jack Mueller of Virginia, 21-0
141 - Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell 28-0
149 - Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers 31-0
157 - Jason Nolf of Penn State 30-0
174 - Mark Hall of Penn State 30-0
197 - Bo Nickal of Penn State 29-0
To even be considered for the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler, you pretty much need to finish the year undefeated. The only Div. I winner of the Hodge Trophy with a loss was Brent Metcalf of Iowa, who went 39-1 and won the 2008 Dan Hodge Trophy.
If all six win on Saturday, WIN Magazine will need to look at other factors of dominance in coming up with the finalists for the Dan Hodge Trophy. Stay tuned.
New Jersey produces the most 2019 NCAA Finalists – Coming into the semifinals, host Pennsylvania produced the most 2019 NCAA semifinalists with eight, with New Jersey close behind with seven. After the semifinals, the Garden State moved ahead of the Keystone State, as Jersey has five 2019 NCAA finalists, with Pennsylvania next with four.
1. New Jersey (5)- Nick Suriano (Rutgers), Joey McKenna (Ohio State), Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech), Anthony Cassar (Penn State)
2. Pennsylvania (3) Spencer Lee (Iowa), Jason Nolf (Penn State), Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State),
3. (tie) Ohio (2): Micah Jordan (Ohio State), Kollin Moore (Ohio State)
3. (tie) Texas (2): Jack Mueller (Virginia), Bo Nickal (Penn State)
3. (tie): Oklahoma (2): Daton Fix (Oklahoma State), Derek White (Oklahoma State)
6. (tie) New York (1): Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)
6. (tie) California (1): Zahid Valencia (Arizona State)
6. (tie) Minnesota (1): Mark Hall (Penn State),
6. (tie): Michigan (1): Max Dean (Cornell)
6. (tie): Oregon (1): Tyler Berger (Nebraska)
6. (tie): Iowa (1): Drew Foster (UNI)
Lots of little notes from various programs
* Penn State has set a standard many expect will be hard to match. For the fourth straight year, the Nittany Lions put five wrestlers into the gold-medal finals of the NCAA Championships. Amazing.
* With his semifinal win over Daniel Lewis of Missouri at 174 pounds, Zahid Valencia of Arizona State now has 100 career wins. Valencia avenged a loss by pin to Lewis earlier in the season.
* With his win in the 197 pound semifinals, Bo Nickal has become a four-time finalist, competing in three different weight classes.
* Drew Foster has become the 25th two-time All-American in Northern Iowa history today, which was clinched when he reached the semifinals on Friday morning.
* With his win in the quarterfinals Friday morning, Jordan Wood became Lehigh’s 151st All-American, and gave Lehigh a semifinalist for the ninth time in the last 10 years.
* With his quarterfinals win, Mehki Lewis became the 22nd All-American in Virginia Tech’s history, and gave the Hokies an All-American for the eighth straight year.
* With his quarterfinal win on Thursday morning, Daniel Lewis became only the third Missouri wrestler to become a four-time All-American. The first two became Olympians, Ben Askren (2004-07) and J’den Cox (2014-17)
* By reaching the semifinals, Zahid Valencia of Arizona State became the 10th three-time All-American in Sun Devil history. The most recent three-timer was Anthony Robles (2009-2011)
Bonus Babies – Coming into the semifinals, eight wrestlers had scored bonus point wins in all of their matches so far in the NCAA Championships. With the semifinals finished, only two wrestlers have won them all with bonus points: Zahid Valencia of Arizona State at 174 and Bo Nickal of Penn State at 197.
Valencia beat Daniel Lewis of Missouri in the semifinals by an 11-3 major decision. Going into the finals, Valencia has one pin and three major decisions.
Nickal pinned Patrick Brucki of Princeton in his semifinal in 4:41. Nickal heads to the finals with three pins and a major decision.
The last 33rd seed in the tournament – For the first time, the NCAA seeded every athlete in the tournament, with wrestlers ranked from No. 1 all the way down to No. 33. The final No. 33 seed in the event reached the blood round at 174, Devin Kane of North Carolina. Kane won his pigtail match against No. 32 Jake Covaciu of Indiana, then fell to No. 1 seed Mark Hall of Penn State. Kane won three straight matches to reach the blood round. However, he fell short of All-American status, after losing to No. 5 seed Jordan Kutler of Lehigh for All-American honors, 6-0.
Geer is the only blood round winner with a seed over No. 20 – A review of the brackets showed there were 13 wrestlers who were seeded No. 20 or higher who reached the blood round with a chance to make All-American. At least this year, the seed was a strong indicator of who would advance. Only one of the 13 was able to win their blood round match and become an All-American, No. 26 seed Dakota Geer of Oklahoma, who stopped No. 13 Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt, 6-0 to secure his All-American status.
Finalists by conference –Here is the tally of finalists by conference:
Big Ten – 12
Big 12 – 3
ACC – 2
EIWA – 2
Pac-12: 1
Transfer watch:: Going into the semifinals, there were four transfers still on the championship side of the bracket. Three of the four athletes who had transferred were able to advance to the finals:
No. 3 at 133 – Nick Suriano of Rutgers (from Penn State)
No. 2 at 141 – Joey McKenna of Ohio State (from Stanford)
No. 1 at 285 – Derek White of Oklahoma State (from Nebraska)
How host Pitt did in Session Four – All three Pitt wrestlers who competed on Friday night lost, meaning the host school is done for this year’s NCAA Championships.
Consolation at 133 – No. 4 Micky Phillippi –lost to Roman Bravo Young (Penn State), 4-3 (eliminated)
Consolation at 157 – No. 12 Taleb Rahmani – lost to Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State), 13-7 (eliminated)
Consolation at 184 – No. 13 Nino Bonaccorsi – lost to Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State), 6-0 (eliminated)
Lower seeds beating higher seeds in the semifinals: Five semifinal winners beat opponents with higher seeds.
125 – No. 5 Jack Mueller (Virginia) DEC No. 1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern), 8-2
125 – No. 3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) DEC No. 2 Nick Piccininni Stillwater, OK (Oklahoma State), 11-4
133 - No. 3 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) DEC No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan), 4-1
165 - No. 8 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) DEC No. 4 Evan Wick (Wisconsin), 5-2
184 - No. 5 Maxwell Dean (Cornell) DEC No. 1 Myles Martin (Ohio State), 5-4
Six undefeated wrestlers remain in the tournament
There were 12 undefeated wrestlers when the NCAA Championships began on Thursday morning. There were 10 left after the quarterfinals. With the conclusion of the semifinals, there are only six left. They are:
125 - Jack Mueller of Virginia, 21-0
141 - Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell 28-0
149 - Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers 31-0
157 - Jason Nolf of Penn State 30-0
174 - Mark Hall of Penn State 30-0
197 - Bo Nickal of Penn State 29-0
To even be considered for the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler, you pretty much need to finish the year undefeated. The only Div. I winner of the Hodge Trophy with a loss was Brent Metcalf of Iowa, who went 39-1 and won the 2008 Dan Hodge Trophy.
If all six win on Saturday, WIN Magazine will need to look at other factors of dominance in coming up with the finalists for the Dan Hodge Trophy. Stay tuned.
New Jersey produces the most 2019 NCAA Finalists – Coming into the semifinals, host Pennsylvania produced the most 2019 NCAA semifinalists with eight, with New Jersey close behind with seven. After the semifinals, the Garden State moved ahead of the Keystone State, as Jersey has five 2019 NCAA finalists, with Pennsylvania next with four.
1. New Jersey (5)- Nick Suriano (Rutgers), Joey McKenna (Ohio State), Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech), Anthony Cassar (Penn State)
2. Pennsylvania (3) Spencer Lee (Iowa), Jason Nolf (Penn State), Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State),
3. (tie) Ohio (2): Micah Jordan (Ohio State), Kollin Moore (Ohio State)
3. (tie) Texas (2): Jack Mueller (Virginia), Bo Nickal (Penn State)
3. (tie): Oklahoma (2): Daton Fix (Oklahoma State), Derek White (Oklahoma State)
6. (tie) New York (1): Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)
6. (tie) California (1): Zahid Valencia (Arizona State)
6. (tie) Minnesota (1): Mark Hall (Penn State),
6. (tie): Michigan (1): Max Dean (Cornell)
6. (tie): Oregon (1): Tyler Berger (Nebraska)
6. (tie): Iowa (1): Drew Foster (UNI)
Lots of little notes from various programs
* Penn State has set a standard many expect will be hard to match. For the fourth straight year, the Nittany Lions put five wrestlers into the gold-medal finals of the NCAA Championships. Amazing.
* With his semifinal win over Daniel Lewis of Missouri at 174 pounds, Zahid Valencia of Arizona State now has 100 career wins. Valencia avenged a loss by pin to Lewis earlier in the season.
* With his win in the 197 pound semifinals, Bo Nickal has become a four-time finalist, competing in three different weight classes.
* Drew Foster has become the 25th two-time All-American in Northern Iowa history today, which was clinched when he reached the semifinals on Friday morning.
* With his win in the quarterfinals Friday morning, Jordan Wood became Lehigh’s 151st All-American, and gave Lehigh a semifinalist for the ninth time in the last 10 years.
* With his quarterfinals win, Mehki Lewis became the 22nd All-American in Virginia Tech’s history, and gave the Hokies an All-American for the eighth straight year.
* With his quarterfinal win on Thursday morning, Daniel Lewis became only the third Missouri wrestler to become a four-time All-American. The first two became Olympians, Ben Askren (2004-07) and J’den Cox (2014-17)
* By reaching the semifinals, Zahid Valencia of Arizona State became the 10th three-time All-American in Sun Devil history. The most recent three-timer was Anthony Robles (2009-2011)
Bonus Babies – Coming into the semifinals, eight wrestlers had scored bonus point wins in all of their matches so far in the NCAA Championships. With the semifinals finished, only two wrestlers have won them all with bonus points: Zahid Valencia of Arizona State at 174 and Bo Nickal of Penn State at 197.
Valencia beat Daniel Lewis of Missouri in the semifinals by an 11-3 major decision. Going into the finals, Valencia has one pin and three major decisions.
Nickal pinned Patrick Brucki of Princeton in his semifinal in 4:41. Nickal heads to the finals with three pins and a major decision.
The last 33rd seed in the tournament – For the first time, the NCAA seeded every athlete in the tournament, with wrestlers ranked from No. 1 all the way down to No. 33. The final No. 33 seed in the event reached the blood round at 174, Devin Kane of North Carolina. Kane won his pigtail match against No. 32 Jake Covaciu of Indiana, then fell to No. 1 seed Mark Hall of Penn State. Kane won three straight matches to reach the blood round. However, he fell short of All-American status, after losing to No. 5 seed Jordan Kutler of Lehigh for All-American honors, 6-0.
Geer is the only blood round winner with a seed over No. 20 – A review of the brackets showed there were 13 wrestlers who were seeded No. 20 or higher who reached the blood round with a chance to make All-American. At least this year, the seed was a strong indicator of who would advance. Only one of the 13 was able to win their blood round match and become an All-American, No. 26 seed Dakota Geer of Oklahoma, who stopped No. 13 Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt, 6-0 to secure his All-American status.
Finalists by conference –Here is the tally of finalists by conference:
Big Ten – 12
Big 12 – 3
ACC – 2
EIWA – 2
Pac-12: 1
Transfer watch:: Going into the semifinals, there were four transfers still on the championship side of the bracket. Three of the four athletes who had transferred were able to advance to the finals:
No. 3 at 133 – Nick Suriano of Rutgers (from Penn State)
No. 2 at 141 – Joey McKenna of Ohio State (from Stanford)
No. 1 at 285 – Derek White of Oklahoma State (from Nebraska)
How host Pitt did in Session Four – All three Pitt wrestlers who competed on Friday night lost, meaning the host school is done for this year’s NCAA Championships.
Consolation at 133 – No. 4 Micky Phillippi –lost to Roman Bravo Young (Penn State), 4-3 (eliminated)
Consolation at 157 – No. 12 Taleb Rahmani – lost to Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State), 13-7 (eliminated)
Consolation at 184 – No. 13 Nino Bonaccorsi – lost to Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State), 6-0 (eliminated)
Lower seeds beating higher seeds in the semifinals: Five semifinal winners beat opponents with higher seeds.
125 – No. 5 Jack Mueller (Virginia) DEC No. 1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern), 8-2
125 – No. 3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) DEC No. 2 Nick Piccininni Stillwater, OK (Oklahoma State), 11-4
133 - No. 3 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) DEC No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan), 4-1
165 - No. 8 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) DEC No. 4 Evan Wick (Wisconsin), 5-2
184 - No. 5 Maxwell Dean (Cornell) DEC No. 1 Myles Martin (Ohio State), 5-4
MyMar - classy guy
Gable - lots of time for him but should have been finals matchup
Chance - finals trip would have been nice
Hidlay - had to have had sleepless night. Not sure what the refs saw. Still think Jason finds a way but...
Bo’s opponents-they came to win and got the same treatment he gives to anyone who opens up
Gable - lots of time for him but should have been finals matchup
Chance - finals trip would have been nice
Hidlay - had to have had sleepless night. Not sure what the refs saw. Still think Jason finds a way but...
Bo’s opponents-they came to win and got the same treatment he gives to anyone who opens up
Martin. He's a class kid who suffered one of toughest losses a kid could suffer last year. Once the team titled looked safe, I was hoping he would get some redemption.
Nolf. He probably has only wrestled one controversial match in his career and for it to be last night in the national spot light it was a shame. The fringe fan who doesn't know how he normally dominates saw him win a match that left questions. That's not fair to his legacy.
Nolf. He probably has only wrestled one controversial match in his career and for it to be last night in the national spot light it was a shame. The fringe fan who doesn't know how he normally dominates saw him win a match that left questions. That's not fair to his legacy.
Why the hate? Does it make you feel better? Why? Please realize that your hate is lethal to you and powerless over him. It is a self inflicted and dangerous wound. It is a sign of a bitter and wasted life. This is why I try to avoid game threads in FB. So sad. God bless.
Martin just because he’s a senior and so much better than anyone st this weight. Props to Dean of course for taking it.
Was totally shocked to see Martin shut it down. It’s like he went against everything he’s about in that match. I imagine this one will sting forever for him
Was totally shocked to see Martin shut it down. It’s like he went against everything he’s about in that match. I imagine this one will sting forever for him
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I believe Mark Hall is from Michigan and moved to Minnesota to be able to win 6 titles.
He also wrestled in Kentucky in 6th grade (I think ) because he could compete at a higher age level.
Hidlay
Michic
The bull
MyMar
Nick Lee
Colbray
Shak
Eierman
Really too many to name. These guys train and work so hard to be here competing and sometimes just miss out on accomplishing the goals they have worked toward. I mostly feel bad for the people who have no idea this event is even going on right now and think NCAA basketball is the exciting event of the weekend. I have a pretty good list of guys I feel happy watching some dreams come true or at least accomplish some of those dreams.
Miklus 4xAA His dad must be smiling!
Foster Small school Iowa kid wrestling for a title.
Dean Not just Gabe's little brother any longer
Raptor Lemonpie's belief carried the day
Mueller what a job he did on Rivera
Degen Huge effort pays off
Lewis two big wins for the young star
Michic
The bull
MyMar
Nick Lee
Colbray
Shak
Eierman
Really too many to name. These guys train and work so hard to be here competing and sometimes just miss out on accomplishing the goals they have worked toward. I mostly feel bad for the people who have no idea this event is even going on right now and think NCAA basketball is the exciting event of the weekend. I have a pretty good list of guys I feel happy watching some dreams come true or at least accomplish some of those dreams.
Miklus 4xAA His dad must be smiling!
Foster Small school Iowa kid wrestling for a title.
Dean Not just Gabe's little brother any longer
Raptor Lemonpie's belief carried the day
Mueller what a job he did on Rivera
Degen Huge effort pays off
Lewis two big wins for the young star
I don't know that I could say that I feel sorry for him but I definitely have gained respect for Steveson. I feel like over the course of the season he evolved from being a spoiled child into a respectful adult, gracious in both victory and defeat.
John is not and has never been the trolling type. He is informed and very sincere in his posting. It was hard not to feel bad for Hidlay even for the biggest of Nolf fans.
Well put. Hidlay wrestled his guts out. I think he had that takedown, but I also think if Nolf needed a takedown to win, he’d have gotten it.
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Hidlay - no explanation required
Rivera - being #1 and having Mueller ride over 5 mins on national TV is tough to accept. What must be going through his mind
Martin - didnt believe anyone would touch him at 184. I know a couple wrestlers at tOSU telling me Miles is a genuinely nice/classy, soft spoken guy. If he & Dean wrestled 10 more times, MM would win all 10 imo
Rivera - being #1 and having Mueller ride over 5 mins on national TV is tough to accept. What must be going through his mind
Martin - didnt believe anyone would touch him at 184. I know a couple wrestlers at tOSU telling me Miles is a genuinely nice/classy, soft spoken guy. If he & Dean wrestled 10 more times, MM would win all 10 imo
